November 3, 2024

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Packers host the Rams at Lambeau

Packers host the Rams at Lambeau



Packers head coach Matt LaFleur served as the Rams’ offensive coordinator in 2017…Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry served as the assistant head coach/linebackers coach from 2017-20 with the Rams…Packers P Corey Bojorquez was with the Rams this offseason before Green Bay acquired him in a trade…Rams senior coaching assistant John Bonamego was the special teams coordinator in Green Bay from 2003-05…Bonamego also was an assistant coach at Maine (1988-91) when Packers running backs coach Ben Sirmans played there (1990-92)…Sirmans held the same position for the Rams from 2012-15…Rams secondary/pass game coordinator coach Ejiro Evero was a defensive quality control coach for the Packers in 2016…Green Bay defensive backs coach Jerry Gray was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft and played seven seasons (1985-91) for the team, earning four Pro Bowl selections…Packers coaching assistant/minority fellowship Ruvell Martin played for the St. Louis Rams in 2009…Rams OL David Edwards (2015-18) and T Rob Havenstein (2010-14) both played collegiately for the University of Wisconsin…Rams running backs coach Thomas Brown held the same position at the University of Wisconsin in 2014…Members of the Packers’ roster that played collegiately in California include WR Davante Adams (Fresno State), LB Krys Barnes (UCLA), QB Aaron Rodgers (California, Chico CC), TE Marcedes Lewis (UCLA) and DL Kenny Clark (UCLA)…California natives on the Packers roster include Adams (Palo Alto), Barnes (Bakersfield), T David Bakhtiari (San Mateo), P Corey Bojorquez (Lakewood), Clark (Rialto), TE Josiah Deguara (Folsom), C Jake Hanson (Eureka), CB Kevin King (Oakland), Lewis (Long Beach), QB Jordan Love (Bakersfield), QB Aaron Rodgers (Chico) and WR Equanimeous St. Brown (Anaheim)…Packers defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery was born in Los Angeles…Rams head coach Sean McVay coached for the Washington Football Team from 2010-16 while Packers LB Preston Smith (2015-16), LaFleur (2010-13), Barry (2015-16), Packers inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti (2010, 2014-16), Rams tight ends coach Wes Phillips (2014-16) and Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris (2012-14) were with the organization…LaFleur and Morris also coached together with the Atlanta Falcons in 2015-16…Packers S Adrian Amos and Rams LB Leonard Floyd played together for the Bears from 2016-18…Packers G/T Billy Turner played for the Denver Broncos (2016-18), where he was teammates with Rams OLB Von Miller (2011-21)…Floyd was a freshman at Georgia in 2013 when Olivadotti coached for the team…CB Jalen Ramsey (2016-18) played in Jacksonville while Lewis (2014-17) and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett (2015-18) were with the franchise…Hackett served as the Bills’ offensive coordinator in 2013-14 when Rams WR Robert Woods played for the team. Packers wide receivers coach Jason Vrable (2013-16) also coached for the Bills when Woods was on the roster…Rams LB Ogbonnia Okoronkwo was a DE/LB at Oklahoma when Montgomery coached the team’s defensive line from 2013-14…Hackett and Evero played together collegiately at UC Davis during the 2001-02 seasons.

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